diff --git a/src/google/adk/integrations/skill_registry/gcp_skill_registry.py b/src/google/adk/integrations/skill_registry/gcp_skill_registry.py
index 4f72973e3e..d5efe0631a 100644
--- a/src/google/adk/integrations/skill_registry/gcp_skill_registry.py
+++ b/src/google/adk/integrations/skill_registry/gcp_skill_registry.py
@@ -154,9 +154,13 @@ async def _make_request(
 
   def _create_httpx_client(self) -> httpx.AsyncClient:
     """Creates a new httpx.AsyncClient with appropriate SSL/mTLS configuration."""
+    # The Agent Registry media download (alt=media) replies with a 302 to a
+    # short-lived GCS signed URL, so the client must follow redirects; httpx
+    # drops the Authorization header on cross-origin redirects, so the OAuth
+    # token is not forwarded to the signed-URL host.
     if self._ssl_context is not None:
-      return httpx.AsyncClient(verify=self._ssl_context)
-    return httpx.AsyncClient()
+      return httpx.AsyncClient(verify=self._ssl_context, follow_redirects=True)
+    return httpx.AsyncClient(follow_redirects=True)
 
   async def get_skill(self, *, name: str) -> models.Skill:
     """Fetches a skill from the registry.
diff --git a/tests/unittests/integrations/skill_registry/test_gcp_skill_registry.py b/tests/unittests/integrations/skill_registry/test_gcp_skill_registry.py
index e6d0c75cad..cdfbb7ae67 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/integrations/skill_registry/test_gcp_skill_registry.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/integrations/skill_registry/test_gcp_skill_registry.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import io
 import os
+import ssl
 from unittest import mock
 import zipfile
 
@@ -455,7 +456,9 @@ async def mock_get(url, *unused_args, **kwargs):
       skill = await registry.get_skill(name="my-skill")
 
       # Verify AsyncClient was instantiated with verify=mock_ssl_context
-      mock_client_class.assert_called_with(verify=mock_ssl_context)
+      mock_client_class.assert_called_with(
+          verify=mock_ssl_context, follow_redirects=True
+      )
 
   assert skill.frontmatter.name == "my-skill"
 
@@ -491,3 +494,22 @@ async def test_use_custom_credentials():
       }),
       params={"search_string": "query"},
   )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_create_httpx_client_follows_redirects():
+  """Clients follow the 302 redirect issued by the media download endpoint."""
+  registry = gcp_skill_registry.GCPSkillRegistry()
+
+  client = registry._create_httpx_client()
+  try:
+    assert client.follow_redirects is True
+  finally:
+    await client.aclose()
+
+  registry._ssl_context = ssl.create_default_context()
+  client = registry._create_httpx_client()
+  try:
+    assert client.follow_redirects is True
+  finally:
+    await client.aclose()